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Justaham
@comcast.net
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The amazing thing is that BPL equipment makers, BPL Service providers, and the FCC are all saying that BPL will bring broadband to rural areas. It can't do that. BPL is a "last mile" technology - it can distribute broadband within a neighborhood, but the broadband has to already be there (by fiber optic, satellite, or other non-BPL technology) before BPL can be used to deliver it to the homes. If broadband is already available in the rural town, who needs BPL? There are other, better technologies for the last mile delivery.
This fact has been pointed out numerous times, yet the FCC keeps praising BPL for it potential to deliver broadband to rural customers. | |
Dusty1979
@rr.com
| Being the super intelligent all knowing ppl that hammers claim to be, you already know that DSL is only available if your are within a few miles of a phone terminal. What is it you don't understand about the word rural? Rural = to far out to get dsl or cable and there is usually no fiber. As for satellite, have you ever priced it. Way out of the competitive arena and nowhere as fast as the newer BPL technologies. My RURAL landline hooks up at 26400k. Satellite at best is 200k up and 1.5M down for $99.99 per month plus $300 for the equipment. If you can get DSL, the speeds are usually down at 1.5 to 2 Meg and up at about 128k. Not exactly high speed. Most BPL projects are currently around $20 to $30 monthly. BPL is showing 4Meg up and down with there newest stuff.
I saw the you tube clip above. He was driving around finding interference. BPL isn't the only thing that causes interference. Let me get close to his car with my bad spark plug wires and then listen to his radio hum to the tune of my ignition. Hammers keep talking about when/if there is an emergency they are there. I agree but the use of base stations is needed, not some joker in his car. Come on into the 21 century and try to help with those super brains of yours instead of hindering and being afraid of change. I also read where guys are saying they will get big power amps and cause interference with the BPL. Thats good thinking but why would that be better than fixing BPL to work along side hams like the ARRL has said they have seen it? | |
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